[They deface what is unmarred of the deserts, every evening, with the crooked things(i. e. the bows) of the wood of the tree calledسَرَآء, at a veiled door,(referring to a company of men, and therefore the verb is sing.,)] means that they vie, one with another, in glorying, or boasting, and make marks, or lines, with their bows, upon the ground, as though they disfigured it (شَانُوهَا) with those marks, or lines. (Ṣ.)

2.
(شيّن)

شَيْنٌ

شَيْنٌ is the contr. ofزَيْنٌ: (Ṣ, Mṣb;) andمَشَايِنُ↓[in the CK مَشائِن] is an anomalous pl. thereof: (TA:) the latter signifies Disgraces or dishonours, i. e. things, or qualities, that cause to be disgraced or dishonoured; things that render ugly or unseemly, that disfigure, or that blemish; syn. مَعَايِبُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) and مَقَابِحُ; (Ṣ, TA;) on the authority of Fr.: (TA:)[شَائِنَةٌ↓, also, signifies the same; and its pl. is شَوَائِنُ;] one says هٰذِهِ شَائِنَةٌ مِنَ الشَّوَائِنِ[This is one of the things that disgrace or dishonour, &c.]. (TA.)

word: شَيْنٌ ― (signification - A2)

[It is also used as epithet, like as is its contr. زَيْنٌ:] one says, وَجْهُهُ شَيْنٌ, i. e. His face is ugly, or unseemly; for ذُو شَيْنٍ; mentioned by Az. (TA.)

شِينٌ

شِينٌOne of the letters of the alphabet,(Ṣ, Ḳ,)[i. e. the name of that letter; (see art. ش,)]of the letters termedمَهْمُوسَة[expl. in art. ش], with somewhat ofالتَّنْغِيم and التَّغْشِيَة[app. meaning that kind of utterance which is undertoned, and muffled, exactly like our “sh”], its place of utterance being theشَجْر, i. e. the place of the opening of the mouth,(Ḳ, TA,)near the place of utterance ofج: masc. [as meaning a حَرْف, or letter], and fem. [as meaning a كَلِمَة, or word]: pl. أَشْيَانٌ and شيانات[a mistranscription for شِينَاتٌ]. (TA.)

word: شِينٌ ＝ (dissociation - B1)

Also, thus with kesr, A man having manyرِقَاع[i. e. patches in his garment, pl. of رُقْعَةٌ]. (Kh, TA.)